Focus T25 by Shaun T - Just starting. Accountability and motivation.

@kittekkitteh88 isn't it just! They cook so fast and aswell as good carbs I make high protein having beans and cheese so filling and a good all round variety with macro.

As for my weekly weigh in.. really odd results this week, still fantastic from when I started weigh insurance. Just very odd my body fat went up muscle mass and weight went down.. dunno if a week is fast enough to lose new gain in muscle?! But overall even with fat % going up I'm down in degree of obesity and bmi. Now it's a week off tom and last time this also happened my body fat went up and muscle mass down or stayed but I think my weight also increased this time it's not increased no idea if this plays a roll but I'll see what next week is telling me.

Week 7 # Week 8
69.7 / 69.5kg
Body fat % 32.5 / 32.8%
Muscle mass 44.6 / 44.3kg
BMI 24.1 / 24.
Degree of obesity 9.6% / 9.3%

If anyone knows how to read this or if week before Tom effects body fat % let me know.

Well done @motivatedsister I really don't think we need more than t25 even when we feel like we could stack it. I have core cardio today too. I've forgotten what it is which is good because I'm so sore and bruised all over from muay thai I don't really feel like working out but because I don't know what the routine is it helps me keep focused. Luckily no work in today so I can ice paracetamol and heal a bit before I even think about working out. Just hope no moves are on forearms today.

It is lots of fun. I wouldn't of said that 2months ago but I can hold my ground in the fitness area now so I'm sort of average fitness level.

Well done on getting house work done I've yet to get around to it all myself.

Just finished t25 it's been 27celcius (not sure how you spell that) here today, I'm sweating so much more than usual and exhausted could barely do all moves at 100% and had to modify a fair bit towards the end... but it is done! Think I'll stick to the morning from now on though I've kind of got my routine down for that.

@silverbulletsuk I know the exact moment of these sayings.. he manages to say it at the exact time my body wants to give in and it gives me so much more focus and motivation to do more even if my legs feel they are no longer attached to my body.. definitely. Feel those burns I wonder if they ever become easier.. at the end of week 8 and still feel the burn as if it was the first day of Beta!

You have done so bloody well @motivatedsister so impressed by your dedication to this. Your probably find earlier is better like me. Especially as your doing alot. I would personally avoid those scales and measurements for one more week.. your thank yourself! I actually tried on a load of old clothes yesterday sitting in my closet because I have an old friend in town I havnt seen in a few years on Friday.. we are off out and needless to say I was extremely pleased to see I'm fitting in alot of tight bodycon dresses now with no fat belly hanging (qtleast while I stand up) probably all kinds of ugly going on if I sat down in them! So happy. I also have an outfit ready to buy for an up coming hen party which I'm super excited about because my body is getting some definition in my shoulder blades and it's backless! Hurrah!! I got Gamma too and plan on doing it on its own then as a hybrid after. Goodluck enjoy the gym.

@ivmamaduke brilliant to hear your into Beta now, the time flys by doesn't it! How are you finding the weights did you chose what lbs your going to be using throughout? I am generally good with water or try to be I get in 5liters a day usually if I can or just under that. I'm not sure I can get more then that in but I will try.. I just end up on the loo too much if I do. I think your right though I'm probably dehydrated and need some more.. I will buy sports hydration drinks again this week too.

@kerrimeng4 I use 5lbs in each hand and started at 2.5lbs.. I may go higher if I do it again but this works perfect for me I feel the burn towards end of exercises and I can still move my arms the next day. I'm not sure what @chookywillow is saying about superman weights and stuff unless that's gamma as you don't hold weights the whole way through and only use them on certain exercises as not to burn out as it's very well put together. I suppose you could use them for everything though if you wanted more work.

@motivatedsister woohoo way to kick some *kitten*! I felt the same for a few days I have muay thai tonight but will only do an hr as friend is down and we're doing cocktails.. I may do extra workouts sat/sun to make up for the sugar filled calories I intend on gobbling down tonight! It's nice to actually go out and enjoy myself and now I have a few nice things that fit again! I did the upper focus and dynamic core yesterday because I always dread the speed 2.0 too.. but now I have that one today (oh no) AND muay thai (which is basically like stacking 2-3 t25s) and I'm dreading it ahaha!! Atleast it will be done for the week really hoping I don't have it on last week and the bigger the burn I get today the better. My weight keeps dropping at the moment and I'm hoping it's not muscle mass and just an added burn from how hot it is!

@chookywillow goodluck with housework renovation. What will you do without a shower oh no! The Muay Thai I goto is a professional club, there are lots of classes for all kinds of training.. then weights and other things you never know what your be doing except pad work is usually a given one to one kicking and punch bags and skipping usually for atleast an hr with other plyometric stuff chucked in. Gamma is sounding really scary but also like it's going to be a great challenge for me. I'm excited and scared to finish up this week. Do you like speed 3.0?

Thanks @silberbulletsuk also if your sentences are getting cut off it could be because you try and put a smiley face or emotion in the sentence that happened to me on my phone when I started using the boards! Well done on completing week 3 your half way through alpha fantastic!

@motivatedsister goodluck with the stats day! Well done one on completing Beta I'm right behind you this week.. it's nice to have someone one week ahead as I get an update just before I myself have to struggle through the same things! I also dread speed 2.0 I have it at the end of the week probably to prepare me for speed 3.0 but doing one after the other even with a weekend off makes me scared and dread it even more.. I'm not looking forward to it but you never know we might prefer it to speed 2.0.
Really good question about double day.. on the hybrid there are 2 doubles on the Friday on pure gamma there's not and it's 4 weeks not 5. I don't think you should double but you could find you felt upto it.. I was looking and thinking about adding upper focus as it has nothing like that or lower focus but maybe the dvds are more all around focused?!

@fitphillygirl goodluck hun! It's quite orientated around core in most dvds so maybe you need to single out a few that arnt so much. Maybe lower and upper focus?! Maybe some from gamma too just to ensure your good to go?! Be safe and keep us updated whatever you decide to do.